3. While We
Were Here
The genealogy of
Joan Bellmann
Family Tree ............................
The Bellmann Family ............
The Schmitt Family................
Stories We Tell .......................
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4. Joan
Rita
Schmit
Frederick
Sandrus
Schmitt
b. 1896, PA
Mary
Naomi
Matthews
b. 1896, PA
Margaretta
Matthews
b. 1896, PA
Frank
O’Brian
b. 1896, PA
Rosemary
b. 1934
Francis
b. 1934
&
Met in Altoona High
School (high school
sweetherats)
George
Frederick
Schmitt
b. 1896, PA
Alice
Elizabeth
Sandrus
b. 1876, PA
d. Nov 1896
Della
Flora
Rosia
Carl
Amos
Harry
Theodore
Joseph
Lawrence
Matthews
b. 1896, PA
Rose
Estelle
Matthews
b. 1876, PA
d. Nov 1896
George
Michael
Schmitt
Anna
Elise
Bohn
Johnston
KP
Sandrus
Emma
Katherine
Utley
Lawrence
Vincent
Matthews
Mary
F
McDermott
&
&
&
Daniel
H
Matthews
Anna
Marie
McFadden
&
1988 1988
5. Rudolph
Robert
Bellmann
b. 1886, Paris
Adrienne
Alexandrine
Kaplan
b. 1890, Paris
2 rue Veron
Alforteville, Paris
France 94104
Met in Paris. Married
in 1913 in Germany
and went to the US
immediately.
Robert
Theodore
Bellmann
b. 1848, Germany
Clara
Klopfer
b. 1859, Werden, Germany
Felix
William
Kaplan
b. 1853, 11ieme Paris, France
d. 1936, Dueben, Germany
Jean
Marie
Constrantin
b. 1850, St. Maurlure
d. 1910 Gourdant
George
Michael
Schmitt
Anna
Elise
Bohn
Johnston
KP
Sandrus
Emma
Katherine
Utley
Ernst
Oswald
Kaplan
Anna
Grimm
&
&
&
T
B
D
T
B
D
&
Bernard
Robert
Bellmann
Albert
Wilhelm
Karl
Otto
Brothers:
Charles
Paul
William
(died of Scarlet
Fever at age 7)
Orphaned ag 16
and moved to
Stuttgart, Germany
1988 1988
9. Joan Bellmann : On Getting Married
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11. Bernard Bellmann
Bernard spoke French in the house until schooling
at age 5 because of Adrienne. Graduated Curtis High
School in 1932 and moved to Dresden, Garmany (1932).
Enrolled and studied at Dresden Institute of Technol-
ogy from 1933-1942 in order to spend the family inheri-
tance. Hitler would not allow the family money to leave
Germany. Bernard could spend the money in Germany
as long as it was for educational pruposes and you could
prove you were a family member.
Had to work shoveling coal on a ship to make enough to
visit the United States.
20. Joan Bellmann : On Getting Married
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21. Joan Bellmann : On Getting Married
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